Baseball Playoffs

[wiphan]

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7...waukee-brewers

I don't like Rick Reilly, but the Tony Plush stuff is hilarious.

Me: "You're sayin' you could take Albert Pujols?"


Morgan: "Oh, please. I'da f---ed him up. I'da one-punched him."

Would love to see Brewers/Cards NLCS. It could get really interesting if that were to happen considering the last few encounters

[slotdirt]

When the Tigers are playing golf in a few days, they're going to sit back and wonder a few things about this game four:

1. So many missed chances against AJ Burnett. Just pathetic swings in several key sequences.

2. Jim Leyland just doesn't get it. Biggest game of the season. Chance to close out a series, and he starts Don Kelly and Wilson Betemit. Kelly isn't so bad, but Betemit has been beyond atrocious in this series. An automatic out even.

[horseofcourse]

AJ Burnett, Yankee hero!!

[slotdirt]

As a Tigers fan, losing like that to AJ Burnett of all people was just devastating. And the bullpen was embarrassing. At least the Wings start their season on Friday and the Lions and UM are playing pretty well.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

As a Tigers fan, losing like that to AJ Burnett of all people was just devastating. And the bullpen was embarrassing. At least the Wings start their season on Friday and the Lions and UM are playing pretty well.

Isn't that a little much? I know he isn't the most consistant pitcher in the world and is viewed as a black sheep in NY (mostly because his salary). But he does have electric stuff and is very capable to being dominate on any given night. The whole key for him keeping the wheels on the bus when things get a bit dicey. He was able to do that in the first last night (obviously with some help) and pretty much rolled from there.

[slotdirt]

Why is it a little bit much? The guy stunk this year, and they had every opportunity to get to him last night on multiple occasions, but aside from Victor Martinez, came up pretty small. And Leyland, again, was outmanaged - and that's saying a lot considering how bad Girardi has been in this series. Sacrifice bunt with no outs in the first inning? On what planet is that a good play?

Then again, this is the Tigers, and they have a long track record of making awful pitchers look good and good pitchers look awful.

[horseofcourse]

It's a good matchup Thursday. I think it's a tossup game. Nova's better than I gave him credit for but still wasn't as good as Fister this year. I think it's a 50-50 chance the Saturday results could be reversed with those two pitchers. Porcello actually didn't pitch a bad game last night. Not great, but you're not gonna get much better than 4 in 6 against the Yankees from him.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Why is it a little bit much? The guy stunk this year, and they had every opportunity to get to him last night on multiple occasions, but aside from Victor Martinez, came up pretty small. And Leyland, again, was outmanaged - and that's saying a lot considering how bad Girardi has been in this series. Sacrifice bunt with no outs in the first inning? On what planet is that a good play?

Then again, this is the Tigers, and they have a long track record of making awful pitchers look good and good pitchers look awful.

The Yankees were basically dominated by Max Scherzer, so you don't need to be upset about losing to Burnett. The Tigers didn't exactly have their ace on the hill either. The two defensive plays from Granderson were huge, perhaps even beyond huge. Granted he misplayed the ball in the first a bit but if that ball gets over his head Burnett never even sees the 2nd inning. The 6th inning play was at a time when the game still somewhat hung in the balance.